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Tuesday 5 April 2016
Biggest Routs Continued fromn Page 17
Middlecoff won by seven 3. RAYMOND FLOYD: Floyd every year dating to 1958. In this April 13, 1997 file photo, Masters champion Tiger Woods
shots, at the time the larg- put a 5-wood into his bag And in the 1965 Masters, receives his Green Jacket from Nick Faldo at the Augusta Na-
est margin of victory at for the 1976 Masters, and it they were tied for the lead tional Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Woods won the Masters by 12
the Masters. paid off — along with a hot going into the final two shots, at the time the largest margin of victory in any major since
4. SEVE BALLESTEROS: Of putting week. rounds. the 1899 U.S. Open.
the five majors he won, Floyd opened with rounds The weekend was a run-
Ballesteros was never more of 65-66 to set the 36-hole away for the Golden Bear, Associated Press
exciting to watch than at record at 131 that stood however. Nicklaus shot a
the 1980 Masters. So domi- until Spieth broke it last 64 in the third round to tie rest of the week was a dis- Montgomerie, who shot 74,
nant was the 23-year-old year. He led by five shots the course record (set 25 play never before seen at said after the round it was
Spaniard that he opened over Nicklaus, the defend- years earlier by Lloyd Man- Augusta National. not “humanly possible”
with rounds of 66-69-68, ing champion. Floyd then grum). That put him five Woods shot a 66 in the for Woods to lose. When
and then made three bird- shot a 70 in the third round shots ahead of Player and second round to take a someone pointed out that
ies on the front nine Sun- as Nicklaus fell back with a eight shots clear of Palmer. three-shot lead over Colin Nick Faldo rallied from six
day to build a 10-shot lead. 73. One year after the high In the final round, Nicklaus Montgomerie going into down to beat Greg Nor-
All he needed to do was drama of Nicklaus, Johnny shot a 69 and beat his two the weekend. Smashing his man by five shots the pre-
shoot par on the back nine Miller and Tom Weiskopf, biggest rivals by nine shots. driver so far he only had a vious year, Montgomerie
to become the only player there was no drama at all Nicklaus shot 271, shatter- wedge into some par 5s, replied, “Faldo is not lying
in Masters history with all on the back nine. Floyd ing Ben Hogan’s record by Woods followed with a 65 second. And Greg Norman
four rounds in the 60s and played the final 14 holes three shots. That’s what led for a nine-shot lead. is not Tiger Woods.”
to break Jack Nicklaus’ re- without a bogey, closed co-founder Bobby Jones to
cord for largest margin of with a 70 and won by eight say of Nicklaus, “He plays a
victory. shots over Ben Crenshaw. game with which I am not
Ballesteros made bogey Floyd shot 271 to tie Nick- familiar.”
on No. 10. He hit into Rae’s laus’ 72-hole record at 1. TIGER WOODS: In his
creek on No. 12 and made the Masters. first Masters as a profes-
double bogey. He hit into a 2. JACK NICKLAUS: The “Big sional, Tiger Woods played
tributary of Rae’s creek on Three” were in their glory the opening nine holes
the 13th and made bogey. in 1965. Nicklaus, Arnold in 40. It hardly looked like
Ballesteros steadied himself Palmer and Gary Player a Masters for the ages,
with a birdie on the 15th had won 12 of the last 22 even when Woods turned
and closed with three pars majors, and one of the it around with a 30 on the
for a 72 to win by six shots. three had won a major back nine to shoot 70. The
